The Tennessee star., 1887-11-25
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viii bear with me just once more.
/ notice these personal matters are
distasteful to you, but / must cor
rect a few falsehoods. Preacher
Gilmere calls me hypocrite and a
falsifier. Two grave charges, don't
you understand. After / caused
him to be dislodged from position
hostile to good morals and re-
proach to the church, he quit
speaking to me. We both profess
to be Christians, and are members
of the same denomination. | felt
the force of Christ's Injunction,
when he said, When thou bring
est thy gift before the altar, and
there rememberest that thy brother
hath aught against thee, leave there
thy gift and first go and be recon-
ciled to thy brother" etc. There
fore, in the syirit of the Christian
/ sought preacher Gilmere, but did
not say, / have injured you," and
other parties put me up to it," !
did promise to make mention in the
STAR of the reconciliation, in a
Christian spirit, feeling at the same
time that Mr.. Gilmere's position in
the Huffman scandal was wrong.
DIR. Cravath said to Mr.. Gill
mere, "Mr. Gilmere you have
taken questionable grounds, and
have lain yourself liable to be at
tackled"
But before | could make state
/ ment of our meeting, Mr.. Gilmere
was guilty of some little dirty edi
torials in the Lance, attacking both
myself and staff. | therefore con-
cluded that such man was not
worthy the honor [ was about to do
him, and / have never had reason
to change my opinion. As to his
conduct a. Athens, of which he
says he is proud, | need only to say
the chair ruled him out OF order.
So that he stood alone, SO far as
personal attack was concerned, with
the exception of the little part
Prof. Bennett played.
Let us see what Mr.. Gilmece
said: "Here is man (myself) who
ran paper all the summer against
God, home and native land. His
correspondent was not allowed to
take the proceedings of the Baptist
Convention, and now you. have re-
ceived this~.man (the editor) siHto
your arm"
I rose and said, Am | before
this house for discussion or is it
temperance? This man has made
personal attack, and he must dry
up"
The chair told him to confine his
remarks to the subject. Gilmere
never said one word in favor
either of temperance or prohibition.
Some one afterwards told him that
he was wrong in making the at
tack, and his reply was, that I had
tried to ruin him. If stating his
position on the wrong side Of a
moral question ruins him, he will
have to go. | am not responsible
for his way # doing But I am
responsible for what l say. Both
white and colored delegates told me
that they saw i'll feeling when Gil
mere rose. Now / desire to ask is
this the spirit that should actuate a
minister Of the Gospel? sought
peace, and was willing to bury the
hatchet, but he would not let me.
His hatred crops out on every oc-
casion. / want. to treat him as a
Christian gentlemen, but he will
not let me. He continues to lurk
in the darkness of wicked
passion to thwart all the good L am
trying to do. And his excuse Is
that am trying to ruin him. Ii
! a man does right, false accusation
seldom eyer ruin him. IF this
man has been injured, his own acts
did it, and not any utterances Of
mine. This community we'll re-
member that | said after / forced
Mr.. Gilmere to say "I condemn
him." that | said, "We have no
further war to make against him. y
| meant it, and honestly tried to